| Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope Contributor(s): Rockliff, Mara (Author), Dzierzawska, Zosia (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0763689157 ISBN-13: 9780763689155 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Foreign Language Study - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - Europe - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9.2" W x 10.7" (1.00 lbs) 40 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Meet the boy who made up his own language -- and brought hope to millions. Once there was a town of many languages but few kind words. Growing up Jewish in Bialystok, Poland, in the late 1800s, young Leyzer Zamenhof was surrounded by languages: Russian, Yiddish, German, Polish, and many others. But the multiethnic Bialystok was full of mistrust and suspicion, and Leyzer couldn't help but wonder: If everyone could understand each other, wouldn't they be able to live in peace? So Zamenhof set out to create a new language, one that would be easy to learn and could connect people around the world. He published a book of his new language and signed it Dr. Esperanto -- "one who hopes." Mara Rockliff uses her unique knack for forgotten history to tell the story of a young man who saw possibility where others saw only barriers, while Polish illustrator Zosia Dzierzawska infuses every scene with warmth and energy, bringing the story of Esperanto to life. |